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Cracked: Nokia's Comes with Music DRM
Having struggled to make an impact on the mobile music landscape, Nokia has suffered a fresh blow following the revelation that its Comes with Music (CWM) DRM can be overcome using a €20 software application.
More frustrating is that the software, labelled Tunebite, has taken an innovative approach to removing the DRM from the CWM tracks which would appear to be hard for Nokia to combat. The Tunebite approach is to play CWM tracks at speed and redub them into a non-encrypted file--claiming to convert a track within a few seconds. It would seem unlikely that Nokia can revise its DRM service at this stage and the company may have to hope that few CWM subscribers become aware of the Tunebite application.
In an effort to boost sales of the CWM service, cell phone retailers are already offering deep discounts on the 5310 XpressMusic handset, although industry watchers believe this may be in anticipation of the launch of the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touch-screen device that is scheduled for Q1 next year.
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Comments
Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2008 - 9:42am
Well, I don't really see what the big deal is,c'mon. It's been years since this Tunebite software is on the market, way before this service appeared so I fail to see what's so frustrating. I think it's by far the best solution used by those who wanna enjoy their legally bought music on any of their devices, rather than be tied down to the authorized few devices or even worse lose the music because the music stores stop their servers like it happened just this summer. The best part is that, unlike other apps that are on the market these days, this one does it all legally, by re recording at high speed your already legally purchased files and does not in any way mess with the drm or crack it.And if u come to think of it, you can always get the files from somewhere else too, not only from this service.You should face it that this kind of app is being used since loong time ago.
Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2008 - 4:28am
You could tell it was going to be a turkey from the moment the egg was laid
Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2008 - 4:35am
so, has anyone cracked the protection on Tunebite? ;-)
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 - 3:50am
:)) Well, I don't think it'd work as well as it works when you get the new one. I heard that the cracked tunebite is full of spywares, viruses and it doesn't have the same features as the full version.
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